Huw Edwards has been married to Vicky Flind for 30 years (Picture: Noble/Draper)
Huw Edwards is dominating the headlines after he was handed a six months jail sentence suspended for two years today.
He admitted to three charges of making indecent images of children in July this year, and will now will be required to complete a sex offender programme, and will be placed on the sex offenders register for seven years.
Until April last year, Edwards was best known for his career in TV broadcasting. But after The Sun published claims that he had paid thousands of pounds to a young person for sexually explicit images, his personal life was put under the spotlight too.
When the news broke, his wife Vicky Flind released a statement in which she revealed Edwards was ‘suffering from serious mental health issues’ and will remain in hospital ‘for the foreseeable future’.
But just who is Vicky Flind and are her and Huw Edwards still together?
Is Huw Edwards still married?
It was widely reported that Huw Edwards and Vicky Flind had split up in April this year, and that the former BBC presenter had moved out of the family home.
A source told The Sun: ‘They separated quite a long time ago but have not announced it publicly.
‘Huw has been living elsewhere for a while.’
He is believed to have relocated to another property in London and has been dividing his time between there and his home in Wales.
However, the couple have not publicly announced whether they will be divorcing.
Huw Edwards pictured arriving in court today (Picture: James Veysey/Shutterstock)
Who is Vicky Flind?
Vicky Flind is a TV editor who previously worked on the BBC One politics show This Week.
She left the show in 2016 and moved to ITV, where she works on another current affairs show, Peston.
Speaking about the move, Flind told The Times: ‘It is very rare to have the opportunity to create a new TV programme. I was lucky enough to have that opportunity 13 years ago with This Week – which I’m delighted to say is still performing strongly.
‘It will be very difficult to leave Andrew and the This Week family, but I’m greatly looking forward to building a brand new programme with Robert Peston and ITV. It’s a very exciting project.’
It was Flind who revealed that her husband was the BBC presenter referred to when the scandal first broke, expressing that her decision to go public was ‘primarily out of concern for his mental well-being and to protect our children.’
She was been showered with support after releasing her statement, with Labour MP Jess Phillips among those to comment on social media.
‘Just coming on here to say that Vicky Flind is by some distance one of the nicest, kindest and most decent women I’ve had the privilege to work with,’ she tweeted.
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Source:: Metro
